At the ceremony held in Los Angeles on Sunday the 13th, the smash-hit Netflix series nabbed the best foreign language series in television over the Mexican comedy Acapulco, the French comedy-drama Call My Agent!, the French thriller Lupin, the Spanish crime action series Money Heist and the American-Mexican crime drama Narcos: Mexico. Many expected the win to come easily as the show has been a global phenomenon with record-breaking watch time. Squid Game had been initially nominated for three awards this year: Best Drama Series, Best Foreign Language Series, and Best Actor in a Drama Series (Lee Jung Jae). In addition to the showŌĆÖs big win, Lee Jung Jae appeared genuinely shocked to win the best actor in a drama, over Sterling K. Brown in This Is Us, Mike Colter in Evil, Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong, who both appear Āin Succession. He gave a heartfelt speech in English after winning the trophy at the awards, saying, ŌĆ£Words cannot express how much this means to me. Thank you Netflix and thank you Squid GameŌĆØ
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